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About Last Night ...
What you missed while unpacking your horse, which finally arrived in the mail ... • College basketball: Well, that didn't last long. Ohio State now No. 1 in only two things. • NBA: Knicks win! Knicks win! Wee! • NHL: So it turns out that Tuomo Ruutu is not a character in a Rudyard Kipling novel. Our...
Welcome To The Romo Bandwagon Express, With No Stops Until Jan. 20
With Steve Silverman's love note to Tony Romo on MSNBC this morning, let the worship of the Dallas quarterback officially begin. Not that it started with Silverman by any means — Madden has been giving Romo verbal backrubs for more than a month now. But we're just wondering if America is ready for t...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while inventing the Opti-Grab ... • NHL: Pronger returns to Edmonton, gets booed, Ducks win in OT. Sounds like fun to us. • College basketball: Greivis Bodily Injury ... Led by Greivis Vasquez, Maryland ends Illinois' 51-game non-conference home winning streak. • NBA: Who's Crying No...
NOT What Frank Zamboni Had In Mind
You may not believe this, but in some cities it's still illegal to steal a couple of Zambonis and head downtown for burgers. (Or, as we call it, "fun.)" The nut graph from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer:...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while contemplating your underwear ... • NFL: Hey, aren't the Packers supposed to have the advantage in snow? • College basketball: The Wolfpack cannot be stopped! All opponents are meat. • NHL: Kings make a mockery of the power play, still beat Devils in OT....
About Last Night ...
What you missed while breaking out the snowboard and injuring several small bones ... • NFL: Colts' magic number is 1; Eagles begin AJ Feely era. • Motor sports: Being a double amputee didn't stop Alex Zanardi; it was the damn car. • NHL: Your Teppo Numminen weekend update: He scores, kind of, as Sa...
About Last Night...
• College Football: USC 44, Notre Dame 24. Charlie Weis opted for the Belichickian sweatshirt last night. It didn't help. • NBA: Pistons 115, Wizards 111. The Pistons' last nine points were on Chauncey Billups free throws. He was 18-of-19 from the line for the game. • College Basketball: Kansas 82, ...
The Familiar Story Of The Oppressed Crocheting Running Back With The Collapsed Lung
In a November 11th game against San Jose State, Boise State running back Ian Johnson suffered a collapsed lung and cracked ribs. And just in case the young man's spirits weren't low enough, the NCAA decided to stop in and take away his main source of income, which happens to be crocheting hats and s...
About Last Night...
• College Basketball: Butler 79, Gonzaga 71. Butler can make a pretty good case for being ranked #1 this week. • College Football: LSU 31, Arkansas 26. Arkansas QB Casey Dick: 3-of-17, 29 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT. Limp. • NBA: Jazz 114, Lakers 108. Andrei Kirilenko does what our legal system can't and loc...
"Jeez, Ethel, That's A Penis They're Knocking Around Down There"
Just for shits and giggles, we present to you The World Famous Purdue Inflatable Penis, from last week's Purdue-Indiana game. Sometimes, we really miss college....
Six Quarterbacks On Thanksgiving
Though yesterday might not have featured the most thrilling triumvirate of games — two blowouts during the day and a sloppy field-goal laden mess at night — it did give us our yearly Guy To Talk About During Thanksgiving. In the past, it has been Randy Moss, Jerome Bettis, Leon Lett, every year ther...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while looking for an enormous frying pan ... • NFL: Tony Romo, you're our hero. Dallas stuffs Tampa Bay, 38-10. • College basketball: NIT finals ... all Bulldogs, baby! • NHL: Canada looks to strengthen laws against hockey Predators....
Cancel Those Reservations, Ladies
First O.J.'s television interview is canceled, and now this. Remember how Mike Tyson was supposed to be all set to go to work for Heidi Fleiss at her new stud farm in Nevada? Turns out, evidently, that it's not true. And our Wednesday just got a little bit sadder. From ContactMusic.com:...
About Last Night ...
What to watch as you wonder what ever happened to Kramer's NYU Intern, Darin ... • College basketball: And somewhere, Al McGuire is ... well, he's probably watching "CSI: Miami." No. 13 Marquette 73, No. 9 Duke 62. • NBA: NOOCH Ado About Nothing ... It was just another day at the office for Peja Sto...
Wait ... Are Those Pesos Or Something?
Everyone's dumbfounded by all the money being thrown around in baseball these days, from the Alfonso Soriano and Aramis Ramirez contracts to our new favorite, the Dodgers signing Juan Pierre for $9 million a year for the next five years. (They did watch last season, right?) Remember, three years a...
Bobby Bowden Is All About The Series Of Tubes
Few jokes have as many comedic legs as a good Old People Don't Understand The Interwebs story. They're tough to beat; old people are so DUMB!...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while suddenly watching your "Seinfeld" reruns a bit differently ... • NFL: It's clear that the Giants went into this thing with no exit strategy ... • NBA: Rock on, Mavericks. Rock on, Mark. • NHL: Happy Feat ... Crosby's milestone leads Penguins over Flyers 5-3....
Hey, Nice Brain Tumor, Idiot
As the Mighty MJD mentioned on Saturday, the pro-Ohio State group The Dead Schembechlers have disbanded due to the death of the actual Bo Schembechler. But we here in the U.S. do not have a monopoly on class. Over in England, Newcastle soccer coach Glenn Roeder had emergency life-saving surgery to...
NFL Roundup: Romo In The Morning, Romo In The Evening
News And Notes From Week 11 in the NFL....
About Last Night ...
What you missed while trying not to make eye contact with that Eagles fan from your office ... • NFL: Schottenheimer is still screaming at Igor Olshansky, and Tomlinson kind of rules, doesn't he? Chargers 35, Broncos 27. • College basketball: It's not exactly Princeton-Georgetown 1989, but anyway, O...